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Non-departmental Public Bodies: Recruitment
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information his Department holds on numbers of people resident in Northern Ireland who have (a) applied for and (b) been appointed by Ministers to posts in UK-wide non-departmental bodies in each of the last three years. [259726]
Mr. Watson [holding answer 27 February 2009]: This information is not held by Government. The Government are, however, committed to promoting diversity in public appointments and ensuring that people from all parts of the UK have an equal opportunity to serve on the boards of UK public bodies.
Voluntary Organisations: Government Assistance
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which elements of the Recession Action Plan for the Third Sector are funded from existing budgets of Government departments and non-departmental bodies. [260487]
Kevin Brennan: All elements of Real Help for Communities: Volunteers, Charities and Social Enterprises have been funded from existing budgets across Government in order to invest in the sector now.
This includes funding from the Department of Work and Pensions, up to £10 million and £11.5 million from the Department of Health. The remaining funding is a £13.5 million draw down on end-year flexibility and £7.5 million from within existing Office of the Third Sector budgets.
Health
Abortion
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many women were referred by national health service GPs to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service for an abortion in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by the (a) age of the woman, (b) length of gestation of the pregnancy at referral and (c) region of residence of the woman; [259041]
(2) how many early medical abortions were performed by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service at the request of the national health service in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by the (a) age of the woman, (b) length of gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region of residence of the woman. [259042]
Dawn Primarolo: Information on referrals for abortion by general practitioners is not collected.
The information requested on national health service funded abortions is shown in the following tables.
| Total NHS funded abortions at British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) clinics, England , 2007 | |
| Age | Number |
| Gestation weeks | Number |
| Strategic health authority of residence of woman , 2007 | |
| Number | |
| Total NHS funded medical abortions performed under nine weeks gestation at BPAS clinics, England , 2007 | |
| Age | Number |
| Gestation weeks | Number |
| Strategic health authority of residence of woman , 2007 | |
| Number | |
| (1) Suppressed totals less than 10 (between 0 and 9) and values where a presented total would reveal a suppressed value. | |
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the areas are with (a) high abortion and (b) repeat abortion rates, referred to in paragraph 5.31 of Healthy lives brighter futures: The strategy for children and young people's health; and if he will make a statement. [259050]
Dawn Primarolo: The information requested is shown in the following tables.
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